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Solidarity Song is a history of the West Virginia Mine Wars, one of the most dramatic struggles for civil rights that this country has known, but also one of the nation’s most obscure. PREORDER

A historical black and white photograph of a large group of diverse people, including children, gathered in front of tents and a wagon, with trees in the background. Overlaid text reads 'SOLIDARITY SONG' in large red letters, and below it is a subtitle about the coal mining wars, Mother Jones, and forgotten history of American labor.

A writer, editor, and public historian exploring the hidden histories of the U.S. and Appalachia

Winner of the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award and a Whiting Nonfiction Grant

A gorgeously written, meticulously researched account of a critical episode of U.S. labor history, Solidarity Song tells a century-old story of solidarity and the struggle that united Black, white, and immigrant miners against wealthy industrialists...Moore’s characters could have stepped out of a Sherwood Anderson story. Her passion for this moment in history – widely considered the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War – opens up a discussion vital to contemporary American life.
— Whiting Nonfiction Grant Jury
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